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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2003
Thomas William Brock, Woodstock, GA (US);
Brian Stephen Forbes, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Bryan David Haynes, Advance, NC (US);
Douglas Jay Hulslander, Woodstock, GA (US);
Matthew Boyd Lake, Cumming, GA (US);
Eric Edward Lennon, Roswell, GA (US);
Hannong Rhim, Roswell, GA (US);
Thomas William Brock, Woodstock, GA (US);
Brian Stephen Forbes, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Bryan David Haynes, Advance, NC (US);
Douglas Jay Hulslander, Woodstock, GA (US);
Matthew Boyd Lake, Cumming, GA (US);
Eric Edward Lennon, Roswell, GA (US);
Hannong Rhim, Roswell, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of making a nonwoven web with desired fiber orientation, the method including the steps of providing a source of fibers, subjecting the fibers to an electrostatic charge, deflecting the fibers with a non-contacting deflecting device, collecting the fibers on a moving forming surface to form the nonwoven web. The invention also provides an apparatus for forming fibrous nonwoven webs, the apparatus comprising a source of fibers, a device for applying an electrostatic charge to the fibers, a non-contacting fiber deflecting device adapted to affect the fibers while the fibers are under the influence of the applied electrostatic charge, and a forming surface for collecting the fibers as a fibrous nonwoven web.